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Definition of Primordially
1. adv. At the beginning; under the first order of things; originally.
Definition of Primordially
1. Adverb. In a primordial manner ¹
2. Adverb. With regard to a primordium ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Primordially
1. [adv]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Primordially
Literary usage of Primordially
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Women in the Early Christian Ministry: A Reply to Bishop Doane, and Others by Ellen Battelle Dietrick (1897)
"... in opposition to that primordially rooted and powerful system ; passing among
humble folks who turned their backs upon the temples, refusing to pay the ..."
2. Proceedings of the Entomological Society of Philadelphia by Entomological Society of Philadelphia (1867)
"... two Gall-flics were primordially identical, and the undistinguishable Willow
Gall-gnats were primordially identical, and the undistinguishable ..."
3. The Methodist Review (1860)
"But for this reviewer to quote such statements as affirming the proposition that
sin is primordially the necessary means of the best good of the universe, ..."
4. The American Naturalist by American Society of Naturalists, Essex Institute (1871)
"Mr. Darwin believes that leaf-climbers were primordially twiners, and tendril-bearers
were primordially leaf-climbers; and thinks he understands how the ..."
5. The Descent of Man, and Selection in Relation to Sex by Charles Darwin (1897)
"... is provided with a pollen-collecting apparatus, we have no grounds for supposing
that male bees primordially collected pollen as well as the females ..."
6. Problems of Genetics by William Bateson (1913)
"... and it never occurs to us to suppose that all the members must have been
primordially alike. For example, in the case of ripple-marks on the sand, ..."
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